Speakers

Andreas is a transformational Leadership Coach and a Master NLP Practitioner with a single-minded purpose: to be a catalyst for positive change and self-awareness. A TEDx speaker, an author, a multiple award-winning marketing expert and in the Top 100 Inspirational LinkedIn Icons, Andreas is a game changer, transforming businesses and people to define their purpose and achieve exponential growth & success. Andreas has built, restructured, and managed several media agencies across Asia, leading them to flagship positions in their respective markets and was the first
non-Malaysian Group CEO of Star Media Group. In August 2020 and 2022, he launched AMVPLUS ADVISORY and AMVPLUS ACADEMY focusing on Leadership, Transformation & Purpose. In 2021, Andreas published his book, Courage at the Crossroads, a book filled with stories of successes, failures, determining values and life-changing decisions, all meeting at the crossroads. A book that teaches leadership in ways that textbooks don’t.
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Jeremiah Rodrigues is the General Manager for Malaysia at CARMA,
a global media intelligence organisation that helps clients monitor and analyse communications, reputation and the media landscape. In his role, Jeremiah spearheads business development, client services and operations, and drives company growth and culture in CARMA Malaysia. With over 11 years of commercial experience, including 5 years in media intelligence, Jeremiah is AMEC-certified. His background includes working with diverse clients across various industries and government organisations. Jeremiah is uniquely positioned to offer expert consultancy, specialising in tailoring media monitoring and measurement best practices to the Malaysian region. His insights and opinions have been featured in reputable media outlets such as CNA89.3 FM, Campaign Asia-Pacific, BFM Malaysia, Marketing Interactive, and Marketing in Asia.

Santharuban is responsible for Etika’s overall operations and driving profitability including expansions, leading long-term and short-term
high-level strategies and growing Etika’s footprint in Malaysia and Singapore. He has over 18 years of marketing experience across the FMCG industry, with roots in the media and advertising industry. He served 16 years in Etika where he started as a Brand Manager before quickly transitioning to head the entire brand and trade marketing teams, and successfully spearheaded brand launches including WONDA, Calpis, Goodday, Dairy Champ and Mountain Dew, all of which registered substantial market share and sales growth, and earned various industry recognitions such as a Gold Effie, the coveted Advertiser of the Year at the MSA awards as well as thrice Marketer of the Year award at the AMEA Awards. Prior to his appointment, Santharuban was Senior Vice President of Marketing & Alternate Business, directly overseeing brand marketing, events & sponsorship, public relations, trade marketing, insights and new product development. He has been instrumental in growing Etika Group and is passionate to bring the company forward-thinking in a constantly evolving realm.

Hun Jie is the co-founder of TDG Holding, Malaysia's premier TECH + MARKETING integration hub, proudly holding ISO 27001 certification. With a remarkable 7-year track record, he’s digitally transformed brands in multiple categories, namely Nutrition, Healthcare, Personal Care, Baby Care, and more. He excels in modernizing Go-To-Market strategies via digitalization, data, and insights.

In 2023, he won the Best Strategist Gold Award at Markies and was named Rising Star of the Year by Agency of the Year Awards. These accolades highlight his leadership in marketing and strategy.

Zed brings over 8 years of experience in eCommerce, having grew top platforms in both Southeast Asia and South America. He has partnered with both local and international brands, as well as SMEs to establish their sales online. In his current capacity, Zed serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Lazada Malaysia, partnering with merchants across Malaysia to grow their businesses.

Julie is the co-founder of Vase.ai – an AI-powered consumer research platform that delivers fresh insights as fast as 24 hours, helping businesses make informed marketing and product decisions. She has worked on more than 100 research projects across FMCG, Telco, Retail and other B2C industries. She loves finding actionable insights by sifting through mass data and helping marketers to ideate, validate and track their marketing campaigns. She periodically writes on LinkedIn about her learnings on building remote-first teams, ways to increase productivity and the journey of being an entrepreneur while being a new mother.

Overseeing a portfolio valued over RM450 million, Mohan Alagappar’s savvy marketing and sales capabilities have helped grow an array of brands for over 20 years. He and his team manage a portfolio of 41 international brands of which 20 are market leaders in its specific category. He continues to explore business opportunities to fit into GBA’s wide brand repertoire.

The nerdy daughter of an obsessive history buff, Sulin dreamed of becoming a journalist or speechwriter but fate intervened, she became a marketer instead. She went on to lead brand strategy teams at BBDO and DDB, telco marketing and eCommerce teams, and Facebook’s SEA Head of Agency Partnerships. Today, Sulin oversees Grab’s brand and leads B2C and B2B marketing across all countries.

She likes obscure bookshops, slow roadtrips and being fostermummy to rescued strays.

Chris has 16 years of market research & insights experience across both agencies (RI, TNS, Millward Brown, Nielsen, Kantar Worldpanel) & client side (Dutch Lady, Mars, Philip Morris), working with multiple sources of data including retail audit, Worldpanel, Dunnhumby, quantitative (U&A’s, innovation research, etc), and qualitative. He is passionate about research because it provides an opportunity to learn new things, and to share this knowledge with others. Chris enjoys business partnering – particularly through workshopping sessions; which helps to secure the success of business objectives and strategies as these are co-created & co-owned across functions. Having worked across multiple markets across the ASIAPAC region, Chris also enjoys learning about new cultures and building connections.

Auzani currently leads the partnership development of ADA’s Digital Transformation business with leading data platforms and cloud service providers. He started programming at 7 on an Atari 600XL and has rodethe digital wave since. Auzani spent the past 16 years helping businesses create compelling customer experiences leveraging technologies from content management, digital experience platforms, and customer data platforms.

Kiron has been a lifelong student of the why behind human behaviour and a firm believer in the power of creativity. Perhaps that is why everything that he loves doing has been at the crossroads of psychology and creativity (well, creativity does thrive at intersections, doesn’t it?) – be it advertising, short-filmmaking, writing, workshop-design, voice-overs, or acting. As the CSO at OMG, he drives strategic thinking for the group with a focus on developing frameworks & products that solve business & marketing problems. He is also the creator of Creativity Heuristics - a practical hands-on workshop model to enhance creativity.

Emilia is an experienced commercial leader with a passion for driving growth, profitability, customers driven focused strategy within retail and eCommerce industry for more than 15 years. Skilled in retail buying, sourcing, product development & merchandise planning, multi-product & brand management, strategic vendors & brands partnerships working with industry leaders & stakeholders focusing on growing markets across South-East Asia.